Don’t let a defeat moment blind you and don’t let you see where you are. Look around and be amaze, get strength and keep going.
xamlinnette
Tag: Florida Beaches
See Me Closer…
Xamlinnette
How people celebrate Christmas Eve in Fort Lauderdale?
Come take a look! I was walking Christmas Eve afternoon around Fort Lauderdale beach and found that plenty of people like to hang at the beach during the holiday. The restaurants and bars were full, the walkway by the side of the beach was embracing the different characters that were just hanging there and the beach was happy that people considered it as a choice to spend the day. Let’s take a look.
Taking a picture is part of the fun when you are out in a place. Taking pictures is a part of the every day life for us. People love to document what they do, they love to share it to! 😉
Like all these people I was there too and taking pictures. But I wanted to see them, having fun and enjoying life!
Until them,
Xamlinnette:)
Black Skimmers
Marine Life Nuggets
Black Skimmers!
by Xamara L Maisonet
January 2017
I sat comfortably in my beach chair with sunglasses on, ready for my “nothing to do day”. We were close to the shore line where the soft waves sooth the ambience noise.
Two peculiar bird flew by close to the water and shore line. They caught my attention, but I was there for beach business so I continue to relax. Few minutes later they were there again, two of them, one in front of the other. The birds were flying so low, almost touching the water. The duo passed by over and over again, they lifted their flight a little and continued flying until they disappear from my sight. I never seen that kind of bird before. Their strange orange and black beak woke up my relax mode to alert mode. I notice that when they got close to the water, they skim the water with their lower beak. 
During the day I try numerous time to capture them in flight with my camera. I wanted to see the bird in details. To be honest, most of my afternoon went by trying over and over to get pictures.
Scanning my pictures for details, I couldn’t find the birds eyes. I looked, I zoom, and there were no eyes! I thought to myself:
“Maybe they don’t have eyes? No! Impossible!”
At that moment, I wanted to take more pictures to find the eyes of my flying friends. A little prayer asking them to stop flying won’t be a bad idea.. I wanted to meet the black and white feather creature in person, a close encounter.
For my surprise my prayer request got answered. I was sitting on my beach chair again, looking diligently everywhere. Then, I hear my husband calling,
“Xamara, hurry come here now! Hurry!”
I ran toward him and there it was, my friend stopped by to model for me.
Can you see the eyes?
Fun Facts
about black skimmers
- There are only three species of skimmers: black, Indian, and African skimmer
- The black skimmer is the largest of the three species
- They can be found in the coastal areas of North, Central and South America
- The lower mandible is longer than the upper one
- Is the only bird in America that have the unusual feeding habit of skimming the water to capture small fish, and small crustaceans
- Their young ones have the same length on both mandibles
- black skimmer are not in the endangered list, but it is on the United State of America watch list 2014
